Friday, September 21, 2012

The President Gives Up On Change
Yesterday afternoon, President Obama undermined the entire rationale for his
candidacy.
"The most important lesson I've learned is that you can't change Washington
from the inside. You can only change it from the outside," he said during his
appearance at the Univision forum.
It's a shocking statement from the candidate who ran on "change" four years
ago, who was elected in 2008 for the precise reason that he promised to change
Washington from the inside.
President Obama has gone from "Yes, we can" to "No, I can't."
Washington's broken, and the president admits he is helpless to do anything
about it. Yet, he still wants another term. But why? If he can't deliver change,
then why should anyone vote for him?
Candidate Obama promised to break partisan gridlock, to be a post-partisan
leader, and to offer unprecedented transparency. He was unable to do it, and he
admits it. That doesn't mean we accept his excuses. It means we need a president
who can deliver change.
Mitt Romney has a record of doing just that. In Massachusetts, he worked with
an 85 percent Democratic legislature to balance budgets, cut taxes, improve
education, create jobs, and reduce the unemployment rate.
Mitt Romney was able to deliver change when he faced a legislature populated
by those of the other party. Yet President Obama said he couldn't deliver change
during a presidency which included two full years of his own party in control of
Congress. That's a stark contrast.
Not only has President Obama failed to change the way Washington works, his
policies have not improved our economic situation. The results speak for
themselves: a stagnant economy, increased poverty, more reliance on government
programs, and record deficits and debt.
Census Bureau statistics released this week paint a chilling picture. As the
Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, "incomes fell or stagnated in most
states last year." Nationally, median incomes fell in 2011 by 1.3 percent, but
in some states it was far worse.
Median income fell by 2.9 percent in Arizona and Florida and by 6 percent in
Nevada.
After 43 months of unemployment over 8 percent, this news is not particularly
surprising. But it is nonetheless troubling for a country desperate for any sign
of economic hope. It certainly isn't the mark of a country moving "forward."
Change is what we need after these four painful years. President Obama says
he can't deliver it. But Mitt Romney isn't willing to throw in the towel. He has
a plan and will get to work on Day One.
His Five Point Plan for a Stronger Middle Class is focused on growing
opportunity, increasing take home pay, and getting government out of the way.
His plan is expected to create 12 million new jobs. And he and Paul Ryan are
committed to changing Washington's destructive tax-and-spend ways.
As Governor Romney said yesterday, "I can change Washington. I will change
Washington. We'll get the job done from the inside - Republicans and Democrats
will come together."
And we're happy to let President Obama do all he wants from the outside.

***

One final note, because it should give all of us pause. This week,
America continued to face multiple serious crises abroad. But the president
spent considerable time campaigning, fundraising, hanging out with Beyonce and
Jay-Z, and laughing it up with Letterman. The American people are noticing; his
foreign policy approval rating fell this week. Voters are rightly asking,
"Where's the leadership?"

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